New Release Books by Frank Pellegrino

Rao’s is the legendary, tiny corner restaurant in East Harlem where it’s impossible to book a table: each of the red-checked, cloth-covered four-, six-, and two-tops is reserved for a titan of New York industry, a celebrity, or a major politician. Permanently. Now Frank Pellegrino, the third generation of his family to operate the impossible-to-get-into Rao’s restaurant in East Harlem and founder of Rao’s food products line, goes deep into the history of his family, the restaurant, and America’s love affair with Southern Italian cooking to create Rao’s biggest, best Italian cookbook yet. This complete cookbook’s 140+ recipes include: - Linguini Aglio Olio - Lobster Fra Diavolo - Eggplant Parmigiana - Margherita Pizza alla Rao's - Veal Chops Paillard - Beef Braciola - Stuffed Italian Frying Peppers - Blood Orange and Limoncello Panna Cotta

World renowned Rao's restaurant now takes on barbecuing with a new cookbook that gets you out of the kitchen and onto the patio The Pellegrino family knows what America wants to eat—and in Rao's On The Grill son Frank, Jr. reveals their family's summer entertaining secrets. This simple, fresh, happy cookbook features both new ideas for home chefs and great, abundant recipes for the food that the Pellegrinos make for themselves and their friends at home. Whether you have a simple kettle grill or a brand-new state-of-the-art outdoor kitchen, Rao's On The Grill will turn you on to new ways of using an ancient cooking method and will delight you with eighty new foolproof dishes to try. In Rao's On The Grill, you'll learn to: • cook pizza on the grill • create flavor-boosting marinades, sauces and rubs for meat and sides • grill vegetables to peak tenderness and char • turn to pasta salads with grilled accents • transform summer staples, such as seafood and corn, into magic meals • use your indoor cooking equipment on the grill • keep meat juicy • prepare the perfect I talian burger • make your winter favorites, like Lemon Chicken and Steak Pizzaiola, outdoors • use your grill for dessert!

With Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood, Frank Pellegrino-of New York's celebrated East Harlem restaurant Rao's-returns to what he knows best: authentic Italian food. With over one hundred recipes and beautifully illustrated with both full-color and vintage black & white photographs, Rao's Cooks For The Neighborhood is Pellegrino's tribute to the place he grew up and the women who taught him how to cook. From Ida's baked chicken to Rose Milano's Spaghetti Frittata, everything a home cook needs to reproduce their favorite home-style meals is in this book. This classic cookbook is filled with newly discovered recipes of generations past, as well as holiday cooking, kitchen secrets, and some of the favorite menu items from Rao's. It's a love story devoted to Italian family cooking and its heritage. Every single dish is easy to prepare and satisfying to eat. Rao's Recipes from the Neighborhood will be eagerly awaited by readers who loved The Rao's Cookbook, but will also attract new fans who have come to know Rao's through the successful national brand of sauces sold throughout the U.S.

Delightful lullabies beautifully illustrated by renowned artist, Becky Kelly, are played and sung on the CD, which is included, by authors, Dr. Kathy Reilly Fallon and Frank Pellegrino.

"Ambrose Bierce's war stories and testimonials reveal a realistic portrayal of the American Civil War, yet much of his writing is diffused with Gothic conventions. While critics argue whether Bierce was indeed an American Realist or not, the notion of connecting his Gothic style through realism remains mostly uncharted. I propose that through an understanding of "Gothic Realism," one that defines reality's ghostly nature, war can create the potential for Gothic expression. A conflict often generates feelings of dread and encapsulates situations that can seem surreal. Bierce would utilize focalization to express a character's clouded perception from the chaos of battle, war's absurd nature, and emotional states built upon fear. By doing so, the true "reality" of a war can be given full precedence through a Gothic-like nightmare. The introduction canvasses criticism, theoretical questions, and a general knowledge of both Bierce and the American Civil War. Through an analysis of Bierce's "What I Saw at Shiloh," Chapter one explores how the paradoxical qualities of 'Gothic realism' are similar to a conflict's contradicting nature. In Chapter two, discrepancies between what is witnessed and what is written are examined in further detail using two more testimonials: "What Occurred at Franklin" and "Four Days in Dixie." Chapter three then investigates war's violent nature upon language and its potential to disrupt a coherent account of reality within two of Bierce's short stories: "Chickamauga" and "Parker Adderson, Philosopher." Chapter four observes how words can function as weapons, creating violence and ultimately situations that can be perceived as unreal. Two more of Bierce's short stories, "An Affair at Coulter's Notch" and "The Story of a Conscience," are utilized in this discussion. Finally, the conclusion considers how each analysis can ultimately be related to the uncanny, overlaying the American Civil War in an overall ghostliness".